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SU and SUNY-ESF student entrepreneurs shine in NYS Business Plan Competition

Friday, April 27, 2012, By News Staff

On April 26, 15 teams from Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry competed in the 2012 New York State Business Plan Competition (NYSBPC). Student startups from around the state competed for more than $150,000 in…

Campus & Community

OTN to host benefit concert on Saturday

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By News Staff

Join Orange Television Network, headlining act Good Neighbors and opening act Stephen Babcock for “Funk Cancer,” a benefit concert event at Funk N Waffles this Saturday at 7pm. All proceeds will support Paige’s Butterfly Run, a local non-profit funding pediatric…

Arts & Culture

‘Sweet lovers love the spring’ in ‘As You Like It’

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

At the heart of the joyful play “As You Like It” is perhaps Shakespeare’s greatest comic heroine, Rosalind. As a woman disguised as a man, she exists not fully as either but in between, where she can relish the privilege…

Syracuse University study finds autumn advantage for invasive plants in eastern United States

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn. A new study by…

SU Sustainability Division, Bird Library collaborate on new e-waste program

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

As a part of the Syracuse University Sustainability Division’s recycling campaign, a new e-waste recycling program was launched for students on campus. Through this Sustainability Division and Bird Library joint venture, collection bins are located in the library’s first floor…

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month culminates with lecture on cross-cultural leadership

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, within the Division of Student Affairs, is bringing Judy Shen-Filerman, founder and principal of Dreambridge Partners, to campus on Tuesday, April 24, to conclude SU’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Shen-Filerman will give…

Silent auction part of closing reception for ‘The Photographer as Child’ exhibition

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse, will host a closing reception and silent auction for “The Photographer as Child: Memories of Guatemala,” an exhibition of the work of award-winning photographer Efrén López, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday,…

Prospective first-year students present ideas on improving their own communities through public policies

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

Sixty-seven of Syracuse University’s prospective first-year students will present their ideas on public policies that can improve their communities at the 66th annual Maxwell Citizenship Scholarship Conference, sponsored by the Public Affairs Program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and…

Benefits of city living will be subject of April 26 lecture

Monday, April 23, 2012, By News Staff

Edward Glaeser, author of the recent book “Triumph of the City” (Penguin Press HC, 2011), will be the guest speaker at the Andrew F. Smith Lecture in International Economics and Development at the Maxwell School on April 26. The lecture…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, April 20

Friday, April 20, 2012, By News Staff

National and local media report on passing of entertainment icon and SU alumnus Dick Clark